Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Universal Background Checks in Missouri.’ Background Checks. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 20 April
Relevant contents
Private Sales in Missouri
Missouri prohibits any person from:
- Knowingly selling, leasing, loaning, giving away or delivering a firearm to a person who is not entitled to possess the firearm under Missouri law;
- Recklessly selling, leasing, loaning, giving away or delivering any firearm to a person under age 18 without the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian; or
- Recklessly selling, leasing, loaning, giving away or delivering a firearm or ammunition to a person who is intoxicated.
Missouri prohibits any person from denying the sale of a firearm to a person who does not possess a Federal Firearms License, if that transferee is otherwise not prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law, solely on the basis that the non-licensee purchased a firearm that was later the subject of a firearm trace request by law enforcement…
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